Sperling: House 'very unlikely' to nix tax deal

National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling predicted on Sunday that the House would approve a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut, despite a rebellion in House GOP ranks over the measure.

The Senate passed the extension by a 89-10 vote in a rare Saturday session. House Republicans, however, are in no mood to agree to that plan, hammered out by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a marathon bargaining session on Friday.

Sperling doesn't believe that the House will reject the $30-billion plus package.

"I really think that it is very unlikely that the House would disrupt this compromise, overwhelming compromise, six days before Christmas," Sperling said on CNN's "State of the Union.". "The chances are very small that we would not come to, as the president said, a 'no drama' compromise to extend it for the full year."

"The only things that get 90 percent support in the United States Senate these days are mom, apple pie and chocolate ice cream," Sperling added.